Berta

technical description

Transparent asymmetrical dress crafted in synthetic fabric interwoven with lurex, cotton and wool filaments together with matching wig and lace appliqués. Worn over a floral-print synthetic fabric sleeveless mini dress with a round collar, flesh-coloured tulle lining and a back zip.

Size 1240x500x300mm, 1000 gr., 2007

concept

It is the year 1959 and eight-year old Berta is sitting in her room playing with her dolls. With her back to the door, she brutally rips her dolls apart, cutting, chopping, burning and molesting them. Yet it is all done delicately. Being an only child she is bored and frustrated by her parents not paying attention to her. Yael Ben-Ari's muse Berta is a fictional character inspired by Mark Ryden’s violent and surrealist painting “Rosie’s Tea Party”. The collection itself was meant to appear as if it was made by Berta. The garments visually express the mangled dolls, the cuts and the surrealist world created to escape from everyday life.

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